C.J. Milbrandt's Blog, page 60
July 10, 2017
BYWAYS: Illustrations
Every one of the Byways Books includes beautiful full-color art by my illustrator, Hannah Christenson. Here’s a sampling from Book #7, Across the Line: A Ganix Johns Adventure.
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July 6, 2017
BYWAYS: Zane Johns
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July 5, 2017
GAME: Name that Book Cover
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July 4, 2017
BYWAYS: Series Birthday
Celebrating Independence Day here in America … and the fact that the Byways Books were born on the 4th of July. Book #1, On Your Marks: The Adventure Begins has its book birthday today!
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Have you read any of this award-winning series? Book #12 releases later this month!
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June 30, 2017
Meadowsweet
That’s the way, sprat. The more you look, the more you’ll find; the more you ask, the more answers you’ll receive. If you don’t stretch your boundaries, your world will remain quite small.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
June 29, 2017
June 28, 2017
GAME: Name that Book Cover
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June 26, 2017
#amreading Challenge
2017 Reading Challenge. One of the fun features on GoodReads is their annual reading challenge. You can set a goal for how many books you want to read during the year, and they’ll help you track your progress. Over the weekend, I hit the goal I’d set for myself—30 books. So I went ahead and adjusted my goal for 2017. I’m now working toward 50 books for the year. Here are three (great!) titles I read in June.
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In addition, I joined a GoodReads group—Great Middle Grade Reads. Members can take p...
BYWAYS: Illustrations
Every one of the Byways Books includes beautiful full-color art by my illustrator, Hannah Christenson. Here’s a sampling from Book #2, Aboard the Train: A Ewan Johns Adventure.
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June 23, 2017
Meadowsweet
Sitting on the spot, the boy tried to think of the sorts of things only he knew. Holding up one finger at a time, he silently made his list—where he liked to hide when the house was too noisy, the best place to catch fish, which tree the honeybees had chosen, his fondest wish, the promises he’d made, the things he dreamed about at night, what made him want to cry. Seven fingers already!
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
